CVE-2016-2531

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2531
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-28 04:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:31:00 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2530.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wireshark Multiple Dissector/Parser Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:0660-1: moderate: Security update for wireshark SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3516-1 wireshark DEBIAN www.debian.org
Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit CONFIRM code.wireshark.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2016-10 · RSL dissector crash CONFIRM www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:0661-1: moderate: Security update for wireshark SUSE lists.opensuse.org
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
Bug 11829 – Wireshark static out-of-bounds read in dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg CONFIRM bugs.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671108 EulerOS Security Update for wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)
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